Is Azure DNS or Foundation DNS more popular?

Azure DNS is used by more websites in our catalog: 7,583 use Azure DNS and 568 use Foundation DNS.

Does Azure DNS or Foundation DNS have higher-authority sites?

Foundation DNS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Azure DNS: 54, Foundation DNS: 64).

Is Azure DNS or Foundation DNS growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Azure DNS went from 1.1% to 0.86% of all tracked sites, while Foundation DNS went from 0.09% to 0.06%. Foundation DNS is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both Azure DNS and Foundation DNS?

No. A site runs a single DNS provider, so Azure DNS and Foundation DNS are mutually exclusive.

Where does this Azure DNS vs Foundation DNS data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.

Azure DNS vs Foundation DNS — Site Stats Database

Azure DNS vs Foundation DNS

A side-by-side comparison of two dns providers, based on the 840,922 DNS Provider sites tracked by Site Stats Database.

Last updated July 1, 2026

Metric	Azure DNS	Foundation DNS
Websites	7,583	568
Market share	0.90%	0.07%
Share of top 10K sites	2.2%	0.89%

Rank	#13	#76

Median DR	54	64

Average DR	51	61

Median keywords	1,697	4,396

Median referring domains	1,257	2,579

Median domain age	23 yrs	23 yrs

Average domain age	21 yrs	21 yrs

Average monthly traffic	191,387	2,163,402

Combined monthly traffic	1,451,286,901	1,228,812,188

microsoft.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)96
Total Keywords3,038,378
Referring Domains2,803,353
Domain Age35 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)168,600,293
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAzure DNS
uefa.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)88
Total Keywords148,636
Referring Domains163,923
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)39,801,271
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAzure DNS
openai.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)93
Total Keywords210,993
Referring Domains330,512
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)37,197,410
Traffic Trend
Technology
dennys.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords58,200
Referring Domains11,507
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)29,094,721
Traffic Trend
Technology
powerball.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords38,099
Referring Domains9,892
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)25,173,341
Traffic Trend
Technology
xbox.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords545,652
Referring Domains130,735
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)25,155,602
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAzure DNS
cloud.microsoft
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords155,714
Referring Domains128,832
Domain Age10 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)18,365,324
Traffic Trend
Technology
live.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)93
Total Keywords49,818
Referring Domains917,242
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)17,710,146
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAzure DNS
bathandbodyworks.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords89,451
Referring Domains23,742
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)16,958,001
Traffic Trend
Technology
atptour.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords104,804
Referring Domains57,991
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)16,024,226
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
microsoft.com	English	96	3,038,378	2,803,353	35 yrs	168,600,293		Azure DNS

allrecipes.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)89
Total Keywords3,491,845
Referring Domains151,904
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)166,334,891
Traffic Trend
TechnologyFoundation DNS
people.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords3,306,939
Referring Domains249,058
Domain Age32 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)120,641,412
Traffic Trend
Technology
seriouseats.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords1,719,658
Referring Domains115,325
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)67,651,798
Traffic Trend
Technology
investopedia.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords2,098,866
Referring Domains406,047
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)66,831,883
Traffic Trend
Technology
kayak.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords2,410,381
Referring Domains65,916
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)61,496,142
Traffic Trend
TechnologyFoundation DNS
simplyrecipes.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords992,573
Referring Domains70,052
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)37,946,046
Traffic Trend
Technology
verywellhealth.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords2,792,245
Referring Domains157,167
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)32,883,437
Traffic Trend
Technology
groupon.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)84
Total Keywords821,862
Referring Domains61,566
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)32,266,779
Traffic Trend
Technology
southernliving.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords2,110,038
Referring Domains83,089
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)30,390,710
Traffic Trend
Technology
thespruce.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords2,309,818
Referring Domains199,858
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)30,091,273
Traffic Trend
Technology